Chapter Summaries

Ji An sold Azure Dragon Wood to True Lord Xuanmu and arranged a possible future supply deal before following his recommendation to Chen's Sundries Shop to buy minerals for cinnabar sand. There, he recognized that Spirit Cleansing Sand came from Jade Pupas he already possessed, and Old Chen offered to buy any surplus if its quality was sufficient.

• Ji An sold twelve trees of top-grade second-order Azure Dragon Wood to True Lord Xuanmu for nine hundred High-grade Spirit Stones and accepted two additional stones as a token of thanks.
• True Lord Xuanmu proposed future purchases of at least ten trees at a higher price and directed Ji An to Chen's Sundries Shop for associated minerals.
• Ji An visited Chen's Sundries Shop the next day and ordered materials for making third-order cinnabar sand from Old Chen.
• When Old Chen began weighing fifty jin of Spirit Cleansing Sand, Ji An recognized it as sand made from Jade Pupas and said he had enough of his own.
• Old Chen warned Ji An that poor-quality Spirit Cleansing Sand could harm the cinnabar sand and offered to buy any surplus Jade Pupas of sufficient quality.

Ji An traded Jade Pupae for Spirit Stones and proposed reforms to the sect before learning that True Lord Zhengyang planned to step down and that Ji An would eventually leave for the Central Continent. True Lord Zhengyang gave him a token for True Monarch Canxia and warned him of demonic threats, while pointing him toward the Five Elements Sect Ruins as a possible source of a Nascent Soul cultivation technique.

• Ji An sold one hundred catties of Jade Pupae to Old Chen for one hundred High-grade Spirit Stones and bought herbs for making Third-grade Talisman Paper.
• Ji An returned to the sect and proposed protecting disciples’ contributions through patents and establishing a research department for spiritual herbs and pill formulas.
• True Lord Zhengyang announced that he would step down as sect master in half a month and that True Lord Yuxiao would succeed him.
• Ji An told True Lord Zhengyang that he planned to leave for the Central Continent when the Merchant Airship next arrived, and Zhengyang gave him a jade pendant to seek True Monarch Canxia’s help.
• True Lord Zhengyang warned Ji An about demonic cultivators and the distant True Demon Tribulation, then told him the Five Elements Sect Ruins might open in about one hundred and twenty years and contain a complete cultivation scripture.

Ji An showed True Lord Yuxiao, Liu Mingli, and Lin Lan the spirit plants and hidden treasures of Crimson Flame Peak as the sect recorded its resources. With Ji An set to leave for Central Continent the next day, the chapter ended with him preparing to explain one more area before his departure.

• Ji An reflected on the passage of time and the deaths of fellow cultivators while waiting for True Lord Yuxiao and his companions.
• Ji An led the group through the gardens and Cold Pool, showing them valuable spirit plants, Origin Seeking spirit fish, and Pure Water Lotuses.
• Ji An and Lin Lan discussed how Blazing Fire Immortal Apricots could strengthen cultivators' understanding of Fire Element Spells, while Liu Mingli recorded the sect's resources.
• Ji An opened the hidden Molten Cave and revealed a Third Order Phoenix Wood, which True Lord Yuxiao ordered the others to keep secret.
• Ji An showed the group the Mystic Leaf Sword Bamboo forest and the underground Soul Nurturing Wood cave, where Golden Fur had reached the Origin Seeking stage.
• Liu Mingli went to count the Copper Pattern Mulberry and Mystic Leaf Sword Bamboo, while Ji An told him to meet him by the Cold Pool for one final explanation.

As Ji An prepared to leave Crimson Flame Peak, True Lord Yuxiao gave him resources and research materials, and Ji An passed on valuable talisman-making knowledge to the sect. Gu Hongming then presented a formula for Primal Spirit Mud, earning the sect’s support for his Golden Core ambitions; after showing the others the Fire Coral cultivation site, Ji An spent the night studying the formula.

• Ji An told True Lord Yuxiao he would leave the next day, and True Lord Yuxiao gave him a Void Stone bracelet of resources, new Pill Cauldron Institute research, and a share of spirit plant output reserved for five hundred years.
• Ji An gave True Lord Yuxiao information about the Western Continent, Purifying Spirit Talismans, two Calming Spirit Talismans sealed in a Bodhi Tree, and a talisman-crafting inheritance.
• Gu Hongming presented Ji An with a formula for refining Primal Spirit Mud, and Ji An brought him to True Lord Yuxiao, who promised support for Gu Hongming’s Golden Core formation and a share of future sales.
• Ji An led True Lord Yuxiao and the others into Crimson Flame Peak’s volcano to see the Fire Coral cultivation site, then the group counted its Top-Grade Spirit Plants.
• After the others departed, Ji An sat beneath the night sky and then returned to his cave to study the Primal Spirit Mud formula.

Ji An traveled from Western Continent to Central Continent aboard a Merchant Airship, bringing the resources and knowledge the Golden Spirit Sect had given him. He arrived at Cloud Sea Immortal City and began considering how to earn a living and obtain a third-tier pill formula.

• Ji An inspected the bracelet from Sect Master Senior Brother, finding sixteen hundred High-grade Spirit Stones, third order resources, and detailed research on medicinal properties and pharmacology.
• Ji An told True Lord Xuanmu that he had left the Golden Spirit Sect because Western Continent lacked enough pills to support his cultivation, and showed him a third-tier High-Grade Calming Spirit Talisman.
• True Lord Xuanmu explained that Pill Shops might grant an Alchemist a third-tier pill formula after roughly two sixty-year cycles of service and demanding refining assignments.
• Ji An spent half a year aboard the Merchant Airship, making acquaintances and gathering information, while the ship’s crew resolved several dangerous situations.
• The Merchant Airship reached Cloud Sea Immortal City, where True Lord Xuanmu described its districts and Ji An learned that rented cave dwellings could be used for major breakthroughs.

Ji An learned that certified cultivation skills could reduce cave-abode rent in Cloud Sea Immortal City, so he went to seek certification as an Alchemist and Talismans Crafter. He passed the third-tier talisman assessment with exceptional results and was awarded a four-star third-tier Talismans Crafter title, leaving his Alchemist certification for later.

• Ji An toured Cloud Sea Immortal City with broker Zhang Jun, learned about Golden Core breakthroughs, and went to inquire about renting a third-tier cave abode.
• A rental clerk explained that certifications in cultivation arts could reduce rent, so Ji An decided to obtain certifications and went with Zhang Jun to the certification building.
• Ji An applied for Alchemist and Talismans Crafter certifications, then began the third-tier talisman assessment before True Persons Qingfeng, Daoxuan, and a third examiner.
• Ji An drew four successful Calming Spirit Talismans, including three third-tier High-grade talismans, and the examiners awarded him the title of a four-star third-tier Talismans Crafter.

Ji An received certification as a third-rank, four-star Talismans Crafter and successfully refined an exceptional Golden Core Pill during his Alchemist assessment. He left with a third-rank, two-star Alchemist jade plaque and the unused pill materials.

• Ji An met True Person Qingfeng, received his Talismans Crafter certification jade plaque and thirty High-grade Spirit Stones, and learned he could earn talisman methods by completing Association tasks.
• Ji An applied for Alchemist certification and paid the fee for two sets of Golden Core Pill materials.
• Ji An used the Green Lotus Heart-Burning Fire to refine a superior, exceptional Golden Core Pill on his first attempt.
• True Person Feiyun and the other examiners approved Ji An's certification as a third-rank, two-star Alchemist.
• Ji An took the remaining materials, left a Mana Seal, and received his Alchemist certification jade plaque.

Ji An completed his Alchemist certification and leased a mid-grade Tier 3 cave abode in the immortal city. After inspecting the Stone Turtle’s spiritual opportunities, he planned his cultivation and preparations for the Five Elements Sect Ruins.

• Ji An asked True Person Feiyun how to obtain the Spirit Resonance Essence Tempering Pill formula, declined to sell her any Seeds of Fire, and left the association.
• Ji An leased a mid-grade Tier 3 cave abode after Ding Yuzhen verified his Alchemist and Talismans Crafter jade plaques, and he hired Zhang Jun to guide him again.
• Ji An inspected the cave abode and found that its spiritual opportunities favored Gen, Kun, and Li, while several other kinds were scarce.
• Ji An reviewed his spells and cultivation plans, then decided to reach the mid Golden Core stage and prepare magic treasures and defensive spells before entering the Five Elements Sect Ruins.

Ji An refined a three-pattern Golden Core Pill, improved his notes on pill refinement, and cultivated Azure Dragon Wood on his rented land. He hosted True Person Qingfeng at the cave dwelling, where they discussed farming and spirit tea, and learned that Azure Mist Pine resin could be used in high-tier talisman ink.

• Ji An reviewed his previous pill-refining attempt, recorded his insights, and successfully refined a three-pattern Golden Core Pill.
• Ji An planted Azure Dragon Wood seeds and used his farming spells to grow the saplings, then decided not to bring out his spirit beasts or cultivate the medicinal garden yet.
• Ji An welcomed True Person Qingfeng to his cave dwelling, where Qingfeng admired the strength of Ji An's Farming Spells and heard how Ji An had cultivated his skills to survive.
• Ji An served three spirit teas, and True Person Qingfeng identified the first two before Ji An revealed that the unfamiliar pine-needle tea came from Azure Mist Pine.
• True Person Qingfeng explained the uses of Azure Mist Pine resin and the difficulty of growing the tree to high grades outside the Western Continent, prompting Ji An to resolve to learn more about the outside world.

Ji An built connections in Cloud Sea Immortal City while exploring its shops and arranging for Zhang Jun to keep watch for unusual spirit objects and Golden Core breakthroughs. He agreed to refine Golden Core Pills for the Certification Association, seeing the auction house’s promotion and the cultivators’ breakthroughs as a way to benefit the Stone Turtle.

• Ji An served True Person Qingfeng several spirit teas, discussed his sect’s limited supply of spirit pines, and received advice on talisman missions.
• After visiting the Immortal City’s large shops, Ji An hired Zhang Jun to alert him about unusual spirit objects and cultivators nearing Golden Core breakthroughs.
• True Person Feiyun visited Ji An and offered him a commission to refine Golden Core Pills for the Certification Association, with doubled Contribution Points.
• Ji An asked how the auction house would sell the pills and learned many buyers would attempt breakthroughs in the Immortal City.
• Ji An agreed to cooperate with the Certification Association, and he and True Person Feiyun began discussing the arrangement.

Ji An accepted a Golden Core Pill-refining contract through True Person Feiyun and then tended the Spirit Plants and creatures in his Gourd World. He left the little world looking over its flourishing resources and resolved to develop a pill formula that could speed his cultivation.

• Ji An agreed to the association’s Golden Core Pill contract, leaving his Mana Seal on the agreement after confirming its terms with True Person Feiyun.
• True Person Feiyun explained that the client’s materials and pill-making schedule would take time to arrange, and Ji An admitted he had grown anxious over having no income.
• Ji An entered the Gourd World and used the Earth Vein Spirit Ascension Incantation to nourish its Spirit Plants.
• Ji An inspected his expanding Spirit Devouring Insects and the plants and trees growing across the little world, noting their rare third-tier growth and the need to find suitable pill formulas.
• Ji An tended the plants and creatures in the water, green, and crimson regions, including the Spirit Fish, tea trees, Immortal Apricots, and Crimson Gold Carp.
• Ji An cast the Azure Sky Yang Ming Art, producing a golden Sun and falling leaves that nourished the Spirit Plants.

Ji An cultivated in the Gourd World, then arranged to purchase spirit herbs for developing a pill formula and met with the Certification Association about refining Golden Core Pills. He inspected the commission materials and agreement, then asked whether the auction house was preparing a major move.

• Ji An noticed signs that the Green Deer's bloodline was evolving and cultivated for six hours beneath the Gathering Origin Tree, strengthening his Golden Core and refining mana essence.
• Zhang Jun told Ji An that a cultivator in the immortal city was attempting to break through to the Golden Core Stage, and Ji An commissioned him to research spirit herb prices.
• True Person Feiyun sent Ji An a message saying a client had provided materials for Golden Core Pills and asked him to attend a meeting at the association.
• Ji An met Zhang Jun at Dingxiang Pavilion, reviewed his price research, and purchased spirit herbs at Qinghua Hall.
• True Person Feiyun presented Ji An with materials for four furnaces of Golden Core Pills, one hundred and eighty High-grade Spirit Stones, and the commissioned refinement agreement; Ji An approved them and asked about the auction house's plans.

Ji An learned that his Golden Core Pills could be auctioned in Cloud Sea Immortal City, then watched a cultivator undergo a thunder tribulation so Stone Turtle could absorb Dao Rhyme. Back in his Gourd World, he used the accumulated spiritual essence to try to raise the Gathering Origin Tree’s grade, but it did not change.

• True Person Feiyun told Ji An that the Cloud Sea Merchant Alliance would hold a major auction in half a year and that its item list would be announced three months beforehand.
• Ji An invited True Person Feiyun to dinner, and three days later they watched a cultivator undergo a thunder tribulation.
• Stone Turtle absorbed Dao Rhyme during the breakthrough, and Ji An saw its updated elemental totals after returning to his cave abode.
• Ji An entered the Gourd World and commanded Stone Turtle to refine spiritual essence to raise the Gathering Origin Tree’s grade.
• The Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner tried to charge the cocoon around the tree but bounced off, and the tree showed no obvious change when Stone Turtle finished.

Ji An refined Golden Core Pills and submitted five to the Certification Association, then learned where lightning frequently struck so he could temper his spirit tool. Two months later, he arrived at Accumulating Thunder Valley and watched a storm pass.

• Ji An refined six Golden Core Pills from four batches, with half of them reaching fine quality, then kept one fine-quality pill for himself.
• Ji An submitted five pills to the Certification Association, where True Person Feiyun inspected them and arranged for the Association to negotiate with the client.
• Ji An asked True Person Feiyun about realms above Nascent Soul and declined her offer to help him join a major faction.
• True Person Feiyun told Ji An that lightning often struck Accumulating Thunder Valley at Angry Wind Mountain, where he could try to temper his Top-Grade Spirit Tool.
• Two months later, Ji An hovered over Accumulating Thunder Valley as a thunderstorm swept through and then cleared.

Ji An tested the Li Di Flame Light Banner and Green Lotus Treasure Color Banner against the heavenly lightning in Accumulating Thunder Valley, repairing their damage with Life Crystals. After three months of tempering, the Green Lotus Treasure Color Banner transformed into his second Dharma Treasure.

• Ji An questioned two cultivators in Accumulating Thunder Valley and learned that thunderstorms killed low-level creatures and usually came around horse hour.
• Ji An established a cave dwelling above the valley and sent the Golden Feathered Eagle to patrol while he prepared to temper his Spirit Tools with lightning.
• Ji An exposed the Li Di Flame Light Banner and Green Lotus Treasure Color Banner to a thunderstorm; both were damaged, but the Azure Dragon manifestation endured longer by drawing in water vapor.
• Ji An used Life Crystals made from Azure Dragon Wood to repair the Spirit Tools and focused on tempering the Green Lotus Treasure Color Banner.
• After three months, a powerful lightning strike triggered the Green Lotus Treasure Color Banner's transformation into Ji An's second Dharma Treasure.

Ji An discovered Lightning Attracting Grass, tested its transplantation in the small world, and confirmed that his newly transformed Green Lotus Treasure Color Banner could heal itself and affect the whole world. Back in Cloud Sea Immortal City, he accepted an urgent talisman commission and sought Golden Core spells after suspecting the mission might signal a demonic crisis.

• Ji An found four Lightning Attracting Grass plants and transplanted them near the Gathering Origin Tree, where the Azure Dragon and Earth Kirin played together.
• Ji An learned that the Green Lotus Treasure Color Banner had healed its lightning damage after transforming and watched it spread its power across the small world.
• After half a month, Ji An confirmed that one of the two Second-tier Lightning Attracting Grass plants had successfully taken root, then left Accumulating Thunder Valley for Cloud Sea Immortal City.
• Ji An received the auction list from True Person Feiyun and accepted True Person Qingfeng's urgent assignment to draw Calming Spirit Talismans and Purifying Spirit Talismans.
• Suspecting the assignment might be connected to a Demon Disaster, Ji An asked about its cause, then requested Golden Core spells for protection.
• True Person Qingfeng offered to lead Ji An to Listening Wind Pavilion to buy the spells he wanted.

Ji An entered a restricted district with True Person Qingfeng’s recommendation and bought four Golden Core spells, including the Solid Gold Art. After studying it in his small world, he successfully cast the difficult defensive spell for the first time.

• True Person Qingfeng recommended Ji An into a restricted district reserved for disciples of Nascent Soul Sect forces.
• At Listening Wind Pavilion, Ji An bought Bing Fire Divine Thunder, Gui Water Divine Thunder, Wutu Earth Divine Thunder, and the Solid Gold Art for seven hundred High-grade Spirit Stones.
• True Person Qingfeng returned to the shop to collect his share, and Guang Ji learned Ji An was a certified Alchemist and Talismans Crafter from the Western Continent.
• Ji An studied the four spells in his small world and focused on understanding the Solid Gold Art’s combination of Geng Metal and Xin Metal.
• After practicing for over twenty hours and revising the casting method hundreds of times, Ji An successfully cast the Solid Gold Art and gained an entry-level grasp of it.

Ji An used the Stone Turtle to greatly improve his lightning and defensive arts, then delivered talismans to True Person Qingfeng and named his mountain Black Stone Mountain. While cultivating spirit plants, he discovered that the Green Lotus Treasure Color Banner strengthened Wood Element Dao Intent, and confirmed its benefit in his small world.

• Ji An refined his spiritual insights to raise Wutu Earth Divine Thunder to Mastery, Gui Water Divine Thunder to Major Success, and Solidify Gold Art to Mastery, while slightly improving Melting Gold Divine Fire Art.
• Ji An delivered talismans to True Person Qingfeng, received payment and Contribution Points, and asked him to watch for high-reward talisman commissions.
• Ji An named his mountain Black Stone Mountain and carved the name into a boulder.
• Ji An noticed that the Green Lotus Treasure Color Banner’s spiritual light strengthened the Wood Element Dao Intent of his Azure Dragon Water Moon Art.
• Ji An tested the banner in his small world and confirmed that its power benefited Wood Element spirit plants, causing them to flourish more strongly.

Ji An took on a large Purifying Spirit Talisman commission as signs of a growing demonic threat emerged around Mist Mountain. The chapter ended with a Golden Message Sword reaching him as he left the Certification Association.

• Green Deer enjoyed the rain created by Ji An’s spell combination, then returned to his side when the effects ended.
• True Monarch Fufeng proposed that the Taihua Sect, Cloud Sea Merchant Alliance, and Taixu Sect send disciples into Mist Mountain to search for a demon den and reinforce its seal.
• True Monarch Pingtian and True Monarch Chongxu agreed to send disciples after Fufeng warned that a new, possibly large demon den might have formed.
• A month later, Ji An met True Person Qingfeng, who offered him materials for a major Purifying Spirit Talisman commission and hinted that demand for protective talismans would rise.
• Ji An accepted three thousand sets of materials, signed the commission agreement, and left the Certification Association, where a Golden Message Sword flew to meet him.

Ji An accepted a commission to refine the second-tier Vajra Pill, which reinforced his suspicion that an unknown danger was approaching, then spent a month making talismans and pills. He submitted most of his Purifying Spirit Talismans to True Person Qingfeng and learned he still needed many Contribution Points to obtain the Geng Metal Thunder Talisman method.

• Ji An met True Person Feiyun at the association and accepted a commission to refine Vajra Pills, despite recognizing the formula's connection to the danger he had been sensing.
• True Person Feiyun told Ji An the commission had a one-month deadline and would not prevent the upcoming auction from going ahead.
• Ji An returned to Black Stone Mountain, balanced talisman-making and pill refining with cultivation, and remained there for a month.
• Ji An brought True Person Qingfeng nine hundred high-grade and four hundred mid-grade Purifying Spirit Talismans, keeping some of his own.
• True Person Qingfeng counted the talismans and offered Ji An Spirit Stones and Contribution Points, then told him the Geng Metal Thunder Talisman method required one hundred thousand Contribution Points while he had around sixteen thousand.